A large crag situated in an open valley. This area appears to be used as a recreational
park by the Spanish and can be quite busy during Spanish holidays. We were there on a bank
holiday and there were trail bikers and ramblers (and other climbers!) However the size of
the valley easily absorbed all this and a pleasant days climbing was had.

One of the larger single pitch crags. This is an excellent crag for those climbing in
the French 5+ or 6a grades. Numerous routes of these grades and their proximity to each
other makes for an extremely productive days climbing. A 10 minute walk in leads to the
western end of the crag. Again a southerly facing crag in an exposed position leads to
some baking conditions on hot days.

As is so often the way in Spain, you follow the guide to El Aventador only to discover
that there are three other crags undocumented in the guides. This reflects the sheer
quantity of climbing in the Costa Blanca.

Tips

A large number of the routes on this crag follow a surprisingly straight line. As the
RockFax guide mentions this can lead to a feeling of 'done one, done them all'. When we
climbed here we started at the right hand end of the crag and slowly worked our way
leftwards. Upon consideration, I suspect this was a mistake and it would have been better
to have dotted around the crag some more. Certainly, although the grading of each route
was probably correct, the feeling of already having done each route started to creep in.

Follow the road beyond the end of the tarmac to the car park on the bend.

This is another crag that has benefited from the completion of the Gandia bypass. From
the south follow the bypass to the first exit and turn left and head inland.

So I'm biased, this happens to be one of the first F6a I ever led. A good
route none the less. Fingery and balancy in the earlier section leads up to an overhang
with good positive holds to pull through it on. The earlier section is probably the crux
for tall people who can reach the good holds on the overhang. If you're not so tall then
the overhang becomes the crux.

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Route: Jorge Negrete F6a

Description: After a rather nondescript start behind a tree , the route has 25m of delightful 6a
climbing with one tricky section , with the lower-off just out of reach! If you've enjoyed
this you don't have too far to walk to get to the next good route "Coconuts" (6a
also) which is next to it!